SIE EXAM PASSED
Hello all, I just took the SIE exam. I passed. No score given. I used STC and Knopman. Both are very good. I thought Knopman was a little harder but STC was easier to read. Both really helped me a lot. Just wanted to pass that on.
congrats homie
What were you scoring on STC practice exams?
I was scoring 80 - 85% on both STC and Knopman
How long did it take you to prep? I have knopman btw
It took me about 2 months since I was using both. But if you can score 85% on the diagnostic and benchmark exams in knopman without memorizing the answers, you should be fine. Same for STC
Prepped for the SIE in about a week using Knopman. Consistently was high 70s low 80s on the practice exams. Actual exam wasn’t bad at all compared to Knopman
Did you have to have a movable web-camera for the exam? Or could you use your laptop camera?
I did mine in person
It's not required to have a moveable webcam, but it makes the verification process much easier
Congrats! Planning to take it over the summer and would appreciate any advice. I was planning on just using Knopman. Would it be enough to just go over their material? How long should it realistically take and how much did you study on average during this period (per day or week)?
I think knopman was very good. In some ways their tests are harder than the exam. But the video lectures and the book are very good. I'd watch the videos first, then read the chapter. Then do the tests at the end of each chapter. Follow the action plan they give you. I put in about 4 hrs a day on knopman Alone. But STC was given to me by my firm. So I used both. If you don't have a financial background, you're gonna need time to digest all the material. It's a lot, but doable. The test is pretty similar to the diagnostic and benchmark exams in Knopman. You really need to understand the material though..Good luck!!
This is helpful, thanks so much!
I’ll piggyback, Just passed the exam today via a virtual test.
I used STC and studied for just over 2 weeks, while working full time. This involved 5 full days of studying (ie weekends where I could solely focus on studying), and then waking up early and staying up late during the week.
Study approach: I read the entire book and highlighted key points, then went back through using the On demand lecture SLIDES ONLY and took detailed notes on the slides. I took each chapters quiz, and then each of the quarterly progress exams. Then I took 3 full practice exams via STC, scored in the low 80s, then took the full FINRA practice exam and scored low 90s. Booked the exam the night before and took it the next day, passed.
In relation to the On demand lectures, id say you need to consider how you study best. The lectures add 20+ hours to your study time, and since j don’t learn well from them, I just decided to skip it, or only listen to points of lectures I wanted clarification on.
Overall: lots of material but nothing is really hard. Feel like I’ve seen a lot of the stuff by working with broker dealers, so maybe that’s why it was easier....but it’s not that hard and getting a 70% is pretty easy... you could probably read through the material one time and then go straight to practice exams and get a 70% as long as the info is fresh
I have to watch videos and reread material multiple times to get it sink in. With no financial background, it took me longer. But nothing too bad. It depends on how you study and retain stuff.
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